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Astralwerks is an New York based record label which releases primarily electronic music. While they appear to be independent, they are actually owned by Virgin Records. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ...


A number of the acts listed below are only distributed by Astralwerks however, as they licence a number of European acts for the US market. This page deals with mathematical distributions. ... This article is about the continent. ...


Artists that have released material on Astralwerks

Events Charlemagne beats the Saxons. ... Internationally acclaimed producer/remixer/dj Adam F is one of the worlds premiere jungle/drum and bass DJs, and son to Alvin Stardust and Liza Goddard. ... :This page concerns the French band Air, not to be confused with the Japanese band AIR. Air is a French band, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, founded in 1995. ... Alpha is a trip hop duet, comprising Corin Dingley and Andy Jenks, signed to Massive Attacks Melankolic label. ... Craig Armstrong (b. ... Athlete is a Britpop band consisting of Carey Willets (bass and vocals), Joel Pott (guitar and vocals), Steve Roberts (drums and vocals) and Tim Wanstall (keyboards and vocals). ... Audio Bullys are an electronic music group from the UK. Formed in 2001 by Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale in their hometown of Kingston-upon-Thames, they were signed to Source UK (part of the EMI Group) by the then MD Phillipe Ascoli. ... Basement Jaxx are a critically acclaimed UK house music duo comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe that rose to popularity in the late 1990s. ... Bentley Rhythm Ace is a band formed in Birmingham, England in the late 1990s. ... The Beta Band is Scottish musical group whose self-described style is folktronic, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming. ... Cassius are a French electronic music duo comprising Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francart (also known as Boombass). ... The cover of the Hey Boy, Hey Girl single The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo, comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. ... Clinton may refer to a number of persons or places. ... The Concretes are a Swedish band comprised of eight members. ... Graham Coxon singing in the video to Blurs Tender Graham Coxon (born Graham Leslie Coxon on 12 March 1969, in Rinteln, West Germany) is best known as the former guitarist in the British band Blur. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brian Peter George St. ... Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim (born on July 16, 1963, Quentin Leo Cook) also known as Norman Cook is a British musician in the dance music genre. ... Fierce Ruling Diva is a house music duo from Amsterdam The Netherlands consisting of producers Jeron Flamman and Jeff Porter. ... Fluke are an English electronic music group originally formed by Jon Fugler, Mike Tournier, Julian Nugent and Mike Bryant in the late 1980s. ... Daum Bentley is Freaky Chakra, an artist that produces rhythm-based techno music. ... Future Sound of London (FSOL) are a British electronic music band, the duo of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans, one of the most influential electronic acts of the last 15 years. ... Gabin is a town in Masowien, Poland with 4300 inhabitants. ... The Golden Republic is an American rock band, originally formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 1999 under the name People by founding members Ben Grimes and Ryan Shank, who are also first cousins. ... Gorillaz is an animated Britpop collective or supergroup and virtual band, comprising four animated band members: 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel. ... Irresistible Force is the production identity for UK ambient DJ Mixmaster Morris. ... Joi is a British/Bangladeshi alternative dub/dance music DJ team, originally comprised of London brothers Farook and Haroon Shamsher. ... For the radio show, see King Biscuit Time King Biscuit Time is the solo project of Steve Mason, the lead singer from the Scottish group The Beta Band. ... Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. ... Kevin Brereton (born February 20, 1972 in Port of Spain, Trinidad) is a Canadian musician from Toronto, Ontario who records and performs as k-os. ... Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ... Miss Kittin (real name Caroline Hervé) is an electronica vocalist and DJ. She was born in Grenoble, France in 1973. ... Mike Paradinas - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Ben Neill (b. ... Neu! (pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... Beth Orton Beth Orton performs live in Seattle, Washington, 2002. ... Erlend Øye is a Norwegian musician from Bergen, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. ... Phoenix are a french soft/pop-rock band who perform songs in the english language. ... Photek is Rupert Parkes, an Ipswich-based drum and bass producer. ... Playgroup is British dance act. ... Primal Scream. ... Radio 4 are a band from Brooklyn who formed in 1999. ... Brundtland and Berge Röyksopp (sometimes spelt Royksopp or Røyksopp) are an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. ... Image:Dancing car. ... In special relativity and general relativity, time and three-dimensional space are treated together as a single four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian manifold called spacetime. ... System 7 is a band working in the dance/ambient scene. ... Sébastien Tellier is a French solo musician. ... Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to the Source label. ... Überzone is southern california native Timothy Wiles a. ... VHS or Beta is a rock band that combines elements of French funk and dance rock. ... This article is in need of attention. ... West Indian Girl is a psychedelic rock band from Seattle, who released their self-titled debut album in August 2004 on Astralwerks. ...

See also

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... A list of notable electronic music record labels: 0–9 !K7 Records (Berlin) -- http://www. ...

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Sprouting up from the soil of Caroline Records in 1993, Astralwerks really arrived on the scene in 1997, when they introduced the Chemical Brothers to America.
In the ensuing hype, Astralwerks' name was batted around by countless dance-music devotees and industry wags as the label poised to usher in the new era of all-electronica, all-the-time.
But Astralwerks has rounded up an impressive and diverse family of acts who approach electronica's future from many different angles.
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